International Journal of Modern Physics B
Strongly correlated superconductivity
Takashi Yanagisawa, Masanori Miyazaki, Yamaji K.
Abstract
We investigate the electronic properties of the ground state of strongly correlated electron systems. We use an optimization variational Monte Carlo method for the two-dimensional Hubbard model and the three-band d-p model. The many-body wavefunction is improved and optimized by introducing variational parameters that control the correlation between electrons. The on-site repulsive Coulomb interaction U induces strong antiferromagnetic (AF) correlation. There is a crossover from weakly to strongly correlated regions as U increases. We show an idea that high-temperature superconductivity occurs as a result of this crossover in the strongly correlated region where U is greater than the bandwidth.